SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CONSUMER ACCESIBLE AGRICULTURAL PEDIGREE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

• US 20150106281A1
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Maris Klavins
• Original Assignee: Maris Klavins
• Inventors: Klavins, Maris
• Application Number:
  US14/573,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106281A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/317
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 17/00 Apparatus for the destruction of vermin in soil or in foodstuffs injecting fertilisers into the roots of trees A01G29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining

Abstract

A method and associated system for establishing a consumer accessible agricultural pedigree for at least one agricultural product with integrated farm equipment comprises the steps of: a) Providing an open communication network accessible information storage device adapted to receive input of data relating to at least one of the agricultural product'"'"'s production, harvesting, distribution, processing and consumption, from at least one and preferably from multiple sources; b) Inputting one or more contemporaneous inputs into the information storage device over time throughout at least the production of the agricultural product; c) Storing and said data; and d) Providing on the agricultural product a consumer scan-able link for access to at least a portion of said data via the open communication network.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a consumer accessible agricultural pedigree for at least one agricultural product with integrated farm equipment comprising the steps of:

a) Providing an open communication network accessible information storage device adapted to receive input of data relating to at least one of the agricultural product'"'"'s production, harvesting, distribution, processing and consumption, from at least one and preferably from multiple sources;

b) Inputting one or more contemporaneous inputs into the information storage device over time throughout at least the production of the agricultural product;

c) Storing and said data; and

d) Providing on the agricultural product a consumer scan-able link for access to at least a portion of said data via the open communication network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the consumer scan-able link is a QR code on the agricultural product at the retailer.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the inputting includes automated contemporaneous uploading of inputs from farm equipment engaged in the production of the agricultural product.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the automated contemporaneous uploading of inputs from farm equipment engaged in the production of the agricultural product includes at least one input from mobile metering device on board the farm equipment.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the method further includes the step of evaluating a sustainability measurement for the agricultural product according to predefined sustainability parameters, and assigning it a sustainability rating based upon a sustainability scale.

6. The method according to claim 4 wherein the method further including the step of evaluating compliance of the agricultural product with preexisting standards in accordance with predefined standard requirements.

7. The method according to claim 4 wherein the method further including the steps of accessing and predicting at least one measurement of the agricultural product including a sustainability measurement, a profitability measurement, a water usage measurement, a carbon footprint measurement, a risk management measurement and an energy measurement.

8. The method according to claim 3 wherein the step of inputting the data into the information storage device further includes collecting selected agricultural information of an agricultural pedigree system for the agricultural product through a computerized interview process and wherein the automated contemporaneous uploading of inputs from farm equipment engaged in the production of the agricultural product includes at least one input from mobile metering device on board the farm equipment.

9. The method according to claim 3 wherein the automated contemporaneous uploading of inputs from farm equipment engaged in the production of the agricultural product includes at least one input from mobile metering device on board the farm equipment and the method further including the step of allowing access to the information storage device to at least one of an agricultural product producer, harvester, packager, transporters, processor, distributor, and consumer, and communication between at least two of said agricultural product producer, harvester, packager, transporter, processor, and distributor.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further includes the step of evaluating a sustainability measurement for the agricultural product according to predefined sustainability parameters, and assigning it a sustainability rating based upon a sustainability scale.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further including the step of evaluating compliance of the agricultural product with preexisting standards in accordance with predefined standard requirements.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further including the steps of accessing and predicting at least one measurement of the agricultural product including a sustainability measurement, a profitability measurement, a water usage measurement, a carbon footprint measurement, a risk management measurement and an energy measurement.

13. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of inputting the data into the information storage device further includes collecting selected agricultural information of an agricultural pedigree system for the agricultural product through a computerized interview process.

14. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further including the step of allowing access to the information storage device to at least one of an agricultural product producer, harvester, packager, transporters, processor, distributor, and consumer, and communication between at least two of said agricultural product producer, harvester, packager, transporter, processor, and distributor.

15. An agricultural pedigree system for at least one agricultural product comprising an open communication network accessible information storage device adapted to receive input of data relating to at least one of the agricultural product'"'"'s production, harvesting, distribution, processing and consumption from at least one and preferably from multiple sources and configured for one or more contemporaneous inputs into the information storage device over time throughout at least one of the production, harvesting, distribution, processing and consumption of the agricultural product and including a consumer scan-able link on the agricultural product for access to at least a portion of said data via the open communication network.

16. The system according to claim 15 wherein the system is configured to coordinatingly orchestrate at least one of the production, harvesting, distribution, processing and consumption of the agricultural product via the open communication network.

17. The system according to claim 15 wherein the system is configured to evaluate a sustainability measurement for the agricultural product according to predefined sustainability parameters, and optionally, to assign it a sustainability rating based upon a sustainability scale.

18. The system according to claim 15 wherein the system is configured to evaluate compliance of the agricultural product with preexisting standards in accordance with predefined standard requirements.

19. The system according to claim 15 wherein the system is configured to access and predict at least one measurement of the agricultural product including a sustainability measurement, a profitability measurement, a water usage measurement, a carbon footprint measurement, a risk management measurement and an energy measurement.

20. The system according to claim 15 wherein the system is configured to access and predict at least one sustainability measurement of the agricultural product including at least one of a water usage measurement, a carbon footprint measurement, and an energy usage measurement.